Denis Shaw
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Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains. Shaw was born in Dulwich on 7 February 1921. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was frequently cast as villains in films and television shows, most notably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story (1955), as well as a number of British horror films including Jack the Ripper (1959), The Mummy (1959) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961). He was cast in the leading role of The Great Van Robbery (1959) as the judo-throwing Interpol detective Caesar Smith. Shaw's television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes and Z-Cars. Shaw died from a heart attack in London on 28 February 1971, at the age of 50. A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London, he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouse's play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
Known for
Credits
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
as Gaoler
The Mummy (1959)
as Mike
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
as Tavern Customer
Carry On Regardless (1961)
as Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
The Deadly Affair (1967)
as Wolfe - Publican
Naked Fury (1959)
as Captain Horst
Innocent Meeting (1959)
as Uncle
The Criminal (1960)
as Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
The Colditz Story (1955)
as Priem
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
as Silver (uncredited)
Soapbox Derby (1958)
as Lender
Let's Be Happy (1957)
as Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
The Viking Queen (1967)
as Osiris
Jack the Ripper (1959)
as Simes
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
as Vance
Port Afrique (1956)
as Grila
The Weapon (1956)
as Groggins
Who Done It? (1956)
as Professor Stumpf
The Prisoner (1955)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Forbidden Cargo (1954)
as Ship's Cook
The Hellfire Club (1961)
as Sir Richard Benlow
A Woman Possessed (1958)
as Bishop
Seven Thunders (1957)
as Fat German Soldier
House of Blackmail (1953)
as Bassett
The Long Memory (1953)
as Shaw (uncredited)
Passport to Shame (1958)
as Mac
Nothing Barred (1961)
as Convict
The Great Van Robbery (1959)
as Caesar Smith
The Depraved (1957)
as Inspector O'Flynn
Links of Justice (1958)
as Heath
Moment of Indiscretion (1958)
as Inspector Marsh
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket (1969)
as Heavyset Workman
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
as Wolfie's Stooge
Beyond the Curtain (1960)
as Krumm
Girdle of Gold (1952)
as Choirmaster
Trouble with Eve (1960)
as George Rigby
Ticket to Paradise (1961)
as Giuseppe
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids (1968)
as Nasty Workman